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seq.); the National Historic Preservation 

Act (Pub. L. 89–665, 80 Stat. 915 (Oct. 

15, 1966) (16 U.S.C. 470 et seq.)); the 

National Wildlife Refuge System 

Administration Act (Pub. L. 89–669, 16 

U.S.C. 668dd–668ee); the Military Lands 

Withdrawal Act of 1999 (Pub. L. 106–

65, 113 Stat. 885 (Oct. 5, 1999)); the 

Sikes Act (16 U.S.C. 670 et seq.); and the 

Administrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C. 

551 et seq.). 

I reserve the authority to make further 

waivers from time to time under the 

authority granted to me by section 

102(c) of the IIRIRA, as amended by 

section 102 of the REAL ID Act, as I may 

determine to be necessary to accomplish 

the provisions of section 102 of IIRIRA. 

Dated: January 12, 2007. 

Michael Chertoff, 

Secretary of Homeland Security. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Coast Guard 

[USCG–2006–26136] 

Potential Revision of Mandatory 

Ballast Water Management Reporting 

Requirements 

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting; 

request for public comment. 

SUMMARY: The Coast Guard requests 

public comments on its current ballast 

water management reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements. To provide 

additional opportunities for public 

comment, public meetings will be held 

in Chicago, IL and in New Orleans, LA. 

All stakeholders and interested parties 

are encouraged to submit comments to 

the docket and to attend one of the 

scheduled meetings. 

DATES: The public meetings will be held 

on the following dates: 

• Chicago, IL, March 13, 2007 from 1 

p.m. to 5 p.m. 

• New Orleans, LA, March 15, 2007 

from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. 

Comments and related material must 

reach the Docket Management Facility 

on or before March 16, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: The Coast Guard will hold 

the public meetings at the following 

addresses: 

• Chicago, IL, Radisson Chicago Hotel 

and Suites,160 East Huron Street, 

Chicago, IL, 60611, 312–787–2900, 

www.radisson.com/chicago. 

• New Orleans, LA, Hotel 

Monteleone, 214 Royal Street, New 

Orleans, LA 70130, 504–532–3341, 

www.hotelmonteleone.com. 

You may also submit comments 

identified by Coast Guard docket 

number USCG–2006–26136 to the 

Docket Management Facility at the U.S. 

Department of Transportation. To avoid 

duplication, please use only one of the 

following methods: 

(1) Web site: http://dms.dot.gov. 

(2) Mail: Docket Management Facility, 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 400 

Seventh Street SW., Washington, DC 

20590–0001. 

(3) Fax: 202–493–2251. 

(4) Delivery: Room PL–401 on the 

Plaza level of the Nassif Building, 400 

Seventh Street SW., Washington, DC, 

between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, except Federal holidays. 

The telephone number is 202–366–

9329. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If 

you have questions on this notice, 

contact LT Heather St. Pierre, Project 

Manager, Environmental Standards 

Division, Coast Guard, via telephone at 

202–372–1432 or via e-mail at 

Heather.J.St.Pierre@uscg.mil. If you 

have questions on viewing or submitting 

material to the docket, call Renee V. 

Wright, Program Manager, Docket 

Operations, telephone 202–493–0402. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Request for Comments 

All comments received will be posted, 

without change, to http://dms.dot.gov 

and will include any personal 

information you have provided. We 

have an agreement with the Department 

of Transportation (DOT) to use the 

Docket Management Facility. Please see 

DOT’s ‘‘Privacy Act’’ paragraph below. 

Submitting comments: If you submit a 

comment, please include your name and 

address, identify the docket number for 

this notice (USCG–2006–26136) and 

give the reason for each comment. You 

may submit your comments by 

electronic means, mail, fax, or delivery 

to the Docket Management Facility at 

the address under ADDRESSES; but 

please submit your comments by only 

one means. If you submit them by mail 

or delivery, submit them in an unbound 

format, no larger than 81⁄2 by 11 inches, 

suitable for copying and electronic 

filing. If you submit them by mail and 

would like to know that they reached 

the Facility, please enclose a stamped, 

self-addressed postcard or envelope. We 

will consider all comments received 

during the comment period. 

Viewing comments and documents: 

To view comments, go to http:// 

dms.dot.gov at any time, click on 

‘‘Simple Search,’’ enter the last five 

digits of the docket number for this 

notice, and click on ‘‘Search.’’ You may 

also visit the Docket Management 

Facility in room PL–401 on the Plaza 

level of the Nassif Building, 400 

Seventh Street SW., Washington, DC, 

between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, except Federal holidays. 

Privacy Act: Anyone can search the 

electronic form of all comments 

received into any of our dockets by the 

name of the individual submitting the 

comment (or signing the comment, if 

submitted on behalf of an association, 

business, labor union, etc.). You may 

review the Department of 

Transportation’s Privacy Act Statement 

in the Federal Register published on 

April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19477), or you 

may visit http://dms.dot.gov. 

Public Meetings 

The Coast Guard encourages 

interested and affected stakeholders to 

attend one of the scheduled public 

meetings and provide oral or written 

comments. These meetings will be open 

to the public. Please note that the public 

meeting may close early if all business 

is finished. Oral or written comments 

received at the public meeting will be 

entered into the Docket. If you are 

unable to attend, you may submit 

comments to the Docket Management 

Facility at the address listed under 

ADDRESSES by March 16, 2007. 

For the public meeting in Chicago, the 

Radisson Hotel and Suites Chicago is 

holding a limited number of rooms for 

the meeting. To receive the group rate 

of $138.00 plus tax per night, 

reservations must be made directly with 

the Radisson Hotel and Suites Chicago 

by calling 312–787–2900 no later than 

February 16, 2007. Please mention the 

‘Coast Guard Meeting’ to receive the 

block rate. After this date, rooms will be 

available at the standard rate on a space 

available basis only. 

For the public meeting in New 

Orleans, the Hotel Monteleone is 

holding a limited number of rooms for 

the meeting. To receive the group rate 

of $148.00 plus tax per night, 

reservations must be made directly with 

the Hotel Monteleone by calling 504–

523–3341 no later than February 16, 

2007. Please mention the ‘Coast Guard 

Meeting’ to receive the block rate. After 

this date, rooms will be available at the 

standard rate on a space available basis 

only. 

Information on Services for Individuals 

With Disabilities 

If you plan to attend one of the public 

meetings and require special assistance, 

such as sign language interpretation or 

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please contact us as indicated in FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 

Background and Purpose 

In accordance with the 

Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance 

Prevention and Control Act of 1990 (as 

reauthorized and amended by the 

National Invasive Species Act of 1996 

(NISA)), the Coast Guard promulgated 

ballast water management (BWM) 

regulations in 33 CFR part 151, subparts 

C and D. As part of NISA, Congress 

authorized the Coast Guard to require 

BWM reporting and recordkeeping so 

that we can monitor discharge trends 

and practices as well as monitor 

compliance with BWM regulations. 

Subpart C of 33 CFR part 151 applies 

to vessels carrying ballast water after 

operating outside of the U.S. Exclusive 

Economic Zone (EEZ) that enter the 

Snell Lock at Massena, New York, or 

vessels that navigate north of the George 

Washington Bridge on the Hudson 

River. In accordance with 33 CFR 

151.1516 and 151.2041(b)(1)–(2), vessels 

entering the Great Lakes or Hudson 

River, north of the George Washington 

Bridge, must submit BWM reports at 

least 24 hours prior to arrival. 

The regulations in subpart D apply to 

all vessels, foreign and domestic, 

equipped with ballast tanks that operate 

in U.S. waters and are bound for U.S. 

ports or places. 33 CFR 151.2041 

contains specific BWM reporting 

requirements. To accompany these 

regulations, we also published 

Navigation and Vessel Inspection 

Circular (NVIC) 07–04, change 1 entitled 

‘‘Ballast Water Management for the 

Control of Aquatic Nuisance Species in 

the Waters of the United States.’’ NVIC 

07–04, CH–1 also provides additional 

guidance on the equivalent reporting 

program for vessels operating 

exclusively within the EEZ (as 

established in 33 CFR 151.2043), 

allowing approved vessels to submit 

reports on a monthly basis, as opposed 

to the standard schedule required by 33 

CFR 151.2041. 

These BWM reporting requirements 

are currently being reviewed for 

potential revisions. In this review 

process, the Coast Guard is interested in 

receiving comments on current 

reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements contained in the 

mandatory BWM regulations in 33 CFR 

part 151, subparts C and D. Specifically, 

the Coast Guard is seeking public 

comments on the current ballast water 

management reporting submission 

requirements, including comments on 

vessel types currently required to 

submit ballast water management 

reporting forms. Also, the Coast Guard 

is seeking comments on the ballast 

water reporting form itself to determine 

whether or not the form should be 

updated. Comments submitted to the 

docket may or may not be used to 

amend these ballast water management 

reporting requirements. 

Dated: January 10, 2007. 

J.G. Lantz, 

Director of National and International 

Standards, Assistant Commandant for 

Prevention, U.S. Coast Guard. 

[FR Doc. E7–680 Filed 1–18–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Coast Guard 

[USCG–2007–26862] 

Chemical Transportation Advisory 

Committee; Subcommittee Meeting 

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

meeting of the Subcommittee of the 

Chemical Transportation Advisory 

Committee (CTAC) on the National Fire 

Protection Association (NFPA) 472 

Standard. The Subcommittee on the 

NFPA 472 Standard will meet to discuss 

the formation of a new marine 

emergency responder chapter in NFPA 

472, Professional Competence of 

Responders to Hazardous Materials 

Incidents. This meeting will be open to 

the public. 

DATES: The Subcommittee on the NFPA 

472 Standard will meet on Thursday, 

February 8, 2007, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. 

(Central Standard Time). This meeting 

may close early if all business is 

finished. Written material and requests 

to make oral presentations should reach 

the Coast Guard on or before February 

1, 2007. Requests to have a copy of your 

material distributed to each member of 

the Subcommittee should reach the 

Coast Guard on or before February 1, 

2007. 

ADDRESSES: The Subcommittee on the 

NFPA 472 Standard will meet at 

Marathon Oil Corporation Headquarters, 

5555 San Felipe Road, Houston, TX 

77056, on the tenth floor. Send written 

material and requests to make oral 

presentations to Commander Richard J. 

Raksnis, Executive Director of CTAC, 

Commandant (CG–3PSO–3), U.S. Coast 

Guard Headquarters, 2100 Second Street 

SW., Washington, DC 20593–0001. This 

notice is available on the Internet at 

http://dms.dot.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Commander Richard J. Raksnis, 

Executive Director of CTAC telephone 

202–372–1425, fax 202–372–1926. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of 

these meetings is given under the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 

U.S.C. App. (Pub. L. 92–463). 

Agenda of the NFPA 472 

Subcommittee Meeting on Tuesday, 

February 8, 2007: 

(1) Introduce Subcommittee members 

and attendees. 

(2) Prepare draft chapter for future 

incorporation into the NFPA 472 

Standard, Professional Competence of 

Responders to Hazardous Materials 

Incidents. 

Procedural 

This meeting is open to the public. 

Please note that the meeting may close 

early if all business is finished. At the 

discretion of the Chair, members of the 

public may make oral presentations 

during the meetings. If you would like 

to make an oral presentation at a 

meeting, please notify the Executive 

Director and submit written material on 

or before February 1, 2007. 

Information on Services for Individuals 

With Disabilities 

For information on facilities or 

services for individuals with 

disabilities, or to request special 

assistance at the meeting, telephone the 

Executive Director as soon as possible. 

Dated: January 10, 2007. 

J.G. Lantz, 

Director of National and International 

Standards, Assistant Commandant for 

Prevention. 

[FR Doc. E7–679 Filed 1–18–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, as part of its 

continuing effort to reduce paperwork 

and respondent burden, invites the 

general public and other Federal 

agencies to take this opportunity to 

comment on a proposed revised 


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